Sustainable Development

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People Have Conflicting Development Goals”. Support The Statement With A Suitable Example.

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Explain the relevance of intergenerational equity in the definition of sustainable development.

Q. What do you mean by 'Sustainable Development'?

1. Using available resources judiciously without compromising the need of the present and future generations.
2. Saving resources for future generation.
3. Saving resources for present generation.
4. Using available resources to the fullest.

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How does infrastructure impact productivity and induce investment?

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The utilisation of natural resources in a moderate manner to remaining something for the next generation is termed as___ .

1. Sustainable development

2. Resettlement

3. Rehabilitation

4. Mutual development

Q. development is the process of using resources in present keeping in mind the needs of the future generation.

1. Social
2. Economic
3. Sustainable

Q. Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit (1992) aimed at _____.

1. achieving global sustainable development
2. increasing global food production
3. encouraging free trade
4. identification of resources in developing countries

Q. In which of the five year plan, preference was given to agriculture?

1. First
2. Third
3. Fourth
4. Fifth

Q. Natural resources, emanating from land, play an important role in the economic development of a country.

1. True
2. False

Q. Due to which report did the concept of sustainable development gain importance?

1. World Environmental Report, 1995
2. World Commission of Envrionment and Development Report, 1987
3. World Environmental Concern Association Report, 1976
4. None of the above

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Which one of the following characteristics is widely regarded as being an important aspect of sustainable development?

1. Increasing consumption expenditure
2. Intergenerational equity
3. Generational inequity
4. Increased levels of saving

Q. What is the main source of human capital?

1. Investments in health
2. Investment in education
3. Migration
4. On - the job training

Q. In your point of view, which type and level of development is sustainable? Explain.

Q. To achieve sustainable development rate of depletion of non-renewable resouces must be than rate of their creation.

1. higher
2. lower
3. equal

Q. Economic development is sustainable only when the stock of ____________ remains constant or rises over time.

1. capital assets
2. human resources
3. both A & B
4. neither A nor B

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Which of the following are effects of over-consumption in the modern times?

1. Forest Fires

2. Increased Waste

3. Chronic Diseases

4. Conflicts between Economies

Q. Sustainable development doesn't refer to sustaining which of the following?

1. Present level of standard of living
2. Present level of production
3. Present level of technology
4. Present level of poverty

Q. What is meant by sustainable development?

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Sustainable development is a process that can be practised as a daily activity.

1. True

2. False

Q. Sustainable development improves quality of life of the present generations. Quality of life, in this case, is dependent on which of the following?

1. Nutritious diet
2. Healthy life
3. Clean environment
4. All of the above

Q. _________ refers to physically changing the form of natural resources.

1. Time Utility
2. Personal Utility
3. Place Utility
4. Form Utility

Q. During the 20th century, in order to achieve faster economic development, many countries adopted __________.

1. economic planning
2. social planningg
3. tax reforms
4. economic reforms

Q. How are economic development and human development related to each other?

Q. In which type of economy natural resources are fully utilised?

1. Developed economy
2. Mixed economy
3. Socialistic economy
4. Underdeveloped economy